Olympian Database
Denmark at the Olympics |
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| Olympic facts about Denmark | ||||||
| NOC: | Denmark | |||||
IOC code: |
DEN |
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Olympic debut: |
Summer: |
Athens 1896 |
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| Winter: | St. Moritz 1948 | |||||
Olympic participation: |
Summer: |
1896-1900, 1908 and onwards |
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| Winter: | 1948-1952, 1960-1968, 1988 and onwards | |||||
| Danish Olympic Medals | ||||||
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |||
| Summer Olympics | 48 | 78 | 79 | 205 | ||
| Winter Olympics | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Top Sports | ||||||
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |||
| 1. |  Sailing |
13 | 9 | 9 | 31 | |
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8 | 11 | 10 | 29 | |
| 3. |  Rowing |
7 | 5 | 13 | 25 | |
| 4. |  Handball |
4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 5. |  Shooting |
3 | 11 | 5 | 19 | |
| Complete list of Denmark's medals in Olympic sports | ||||||
| Notes: | ||||||
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Denmark has also won medals in cooperation with other NOCS. For a list of these medals see List of medals won by cooperating nocs. The medal count for Summer and Winter Olympics is representing medals won in competitions which in the course of time have finally become part of either the summer olympics or the winter olympics. The division between summer and winter olympic games did not exist until 1924 and in the period before this winter and summer sports were on a few occasions present at the olympics side by side. |
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| These facts about Denmark at the olympics are based on the official reports of the olympics and the games-encyclo's olympic database | ||||||
